Move over Knobhead (© Howlin) and the Florist. The two Malt Shovel pundits got it right! Myler was more than alright, he was calmness personified. His kicking from hand pushed Tigers back in the first half keeping them pinned deep in their territory for large parts of it and in the second half provided welcome relief from the relentless bombardment as Tigers desperately tried to claw their way back into a match that turned against them on 45 mins with a breakaway try from Sharky (not Sparky Dewi !!) Robinson who ran 120m around Wellbad road before leaving the entire Tigers team in his wake as he touched down in the corner. This was a try that will live on in Saints legend along with the "gypsy try" and Bealer's drop goal from Abington Park.

Having missed a penalty and then scoring from the second easier opportunity in the first half, Myler got the conversion from far out on the right. A tremendous kick in any circumstances. At the time it put Saints 10 nil up. Eventually it was to prove the winning kick as Tigers three second half penalties scraped them back to within a point to lose 9-10.

The facts that for Tigers Smith butchered an overlap, both Burke and Humphries missed penalties and Cullen inexplicably ran a penalty minutes from the end of the game left many a Tiger believing that this is a game they still should have won and would have won but for their own ineptitude. For Saints there was one missed penalty and a try that went begging as Ben stood on the ball after another Sharky break but in the second half it was backs against the wall all the way.

Morris gave the man of the match to Myler. For a young man of 22 who has only played ten games of Rugby union and only three of these in the Premiership it was certainly an impressive performance. He did as much as anyone to seal the win for Saints. But for me there was a greater force at work. This was always going to be Saints day. There was a collective will at work. Even the television match official couldn't give a try when the entire Tigers team barged over the Saints' line in the second half. It was Saints day. A struggling scrum suddenly turned it around when they needed to, to gain a relieving penalty. Everyone tackled their hearts out, especially Hopley, Short and Quinlan. Hartley got kicked and punched around all afternoon but kept grinning and goading his opponents, Ben and Bruce joined rucks and got the pick and drive going again whenever it faltered. There was a team out there fighting for each other and playing to a united game plan.In the dying minutes they kept the ball tight. They didn't panic and wound the clock down. Even the Sky commentary team became wrapped in the emotion of the moment. The Saints out tiggered Tigers, their 33 premiership match unbeaten record came to an end and it was magnificent.

So where now? Well as both Ben, in his post match interview and Grays in print have said, this win will mean nothing unless they can do it again. And do it again they will have to as a very formidable Gloss team are next up at Franklins Gardens. But for the next few days the Saintly following will bask in the afterglow of this win. If this is again to be a season with no trophies we have done the next best thing. Saints have beaten the mighty Tigers in their own back yard and for a wearer of the Gold Black and Green it doesn't get much better than that!!